" .. the smartest mathematicians for running these scenarios .. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann

" .. the smartest mathematicians for running these scenarios .. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann > Claude Shannon called him "the smartest person I've ever met", a common opinion. > Von Neumann founded the field of game theory as a mathematical discipline. > .. leading him to a large number of military consultancies and consequently his involvement in the Manhattan Project. > In 1950, von Neumann became a consultant to the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group.. > In 1955, von Neumann became a commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which at the time was the highest official position available to scientists in the government. > In his final years before his death from cancer, von Neumann headed the United States government's top-secret ICBM committee..